"It takes a village to raise a child," said Diller prior to congratulating the teachers on their hard work at a recent school board meeting.

Prior to the teacher's recognition, a PowerPoint presentation highlighted the PSSA accomplishments during the 2011-12 academic school year.

According to standards enacted under the No Child Left Behind guidelines all students need to be proficient in math or reading by 2014.

Each year Waynesboro students in grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 11 take the PSSA exams, although beginning this year students at the Waynesboro Area Senior High School will drop the PSSAs and begin taking the Keystone Exams.

Making progress

In 2012, districts were supposed their students reach 81 percent proficiency in reading and 78 percent in math.

At the elementary level Hooverville and Mowrey achieved adequate yearly progress (AYP) for 2011-12. The Waynesboro Area Middle School also reached AYP.

Earlier in the year school board members learned that Fairview and Summitview elementaries had been placed on warning status because two subgroups — including IEP and economically disadvantaged students — did not reach proficiency in 2011-12.

WASHS was placed on school improvement status since students did not meet overall requirements in reading and math.

Other successes

Numerous successes were highlighted during the PSSA presentation, including the fact that Hooverville Elementary had the highest percentage of advanced and proficient students in math for Franklin County in grades 3 through 6.

Other successes include:

- Summitview Elementary fourth-graders had the highest percentage of advanced and proficient students in reading for Franklin County.

- Mowrey Elementary fourth-graders had the highest percentage of advanced and proficient students in math for Franklin County.

- Hooverville Elementary fifth-graders had the highest percentage of advanced and proficient students in math for Franklin County.

- Hooverville Elementary sixth graders had the highest percentage of advanced and proficient students in math in Franklin County.

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